The Ear of Dionysius
echoes through history
of plots to kill the tyrant
voices that echoed
against the chamber
deep in its prison walls
hard to stop the madness
echoing beyond throat
of the oppressed
when democracy ended
Across centuries and waters
(now leaving Sicily)
the history of Albania unfolds
fifty years of dictatorship
when clergy and poets died
political opponents
enemies of the state
under surveillance wherever they go
executed or imprisoned
hear their echo
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dVerse prompt on the word echo. Legend of the cave of Dionysius being a prison and the voices of the imprisoned were heard plotting because of the remarkable echoing of this cave. In October, I stood in the darkness of this cave and practiced my echo voice, then a tour bus group came in and started to sing. I know there is more to this poem than I have here -how history echoes into the future.
wordshophop 